Grain Prices End Mixed Amid Hesitation On Board
Chicago market closes with irregular grain trends after indecisive trading. Wheat and corn edge around. soybeans fall, lard steady. Fort Worth cash grain shows varied bids while nearby wheat contracts gain in some areas.
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Stock Market Leaders Hover In Narrow Range On Holiday Quiet
Trading in New York stretched a thin range as holidays trimmed activity. The Associated Press average held at 64.2 with 931 stocks trading, 342 up and 313 down, while rails and bonds showed limited gains amid a cautious market.
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Cotton Futures Edge Higher Despite Active Trading Volume
In New York on Friday cotton futures moved in a narrow range amid moderately active volume. Final prices fell 29 cents to 5 cents, with selling pressure from hedge and commission house activities absorbed by buying from textile mills. Weather in the Cotton Belt cleared, signaling potential more movements for new crop, while insect damage reports and private estimates pointed to a 1949 crop around 14,097,000 bales. Final CCC figures show 3.0 million bales net in government hands after loans and repossessions. New Orleans spot cotton closed steady, down 50 cents base.
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Ie- Pises Ooe
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Maternity Papers Cause Confusion at Capitol Greeting
Mrs. J. W. E. H. Beck, the state's official greeter, fielded a visitor's question about the maternity department on Friday. A messenger presented a bundle of legal papers and claimed it involved the attorney general's department, but the message remained unclear.
Teachers Assigned To Granger School Opens Sept 12
Granger High announces 15 teachers assigned to their classes led by Superintendent E Goodjoin. Named staff include Mrs. Charles Van Zant, Mrs. Beulah Denson, Mrs. Lefa Daniels, Mrs. Mayme Allen, Mrs. Annie Bucek, S P Conn, E E Clementa, Mrs. Martha Cervenka, W C Whiteside, Hank Ginther, Mrs. Irene Clementa, Mrs. R F Holbert, Mrs. A Benish, and Avery Monk Algood. School term starts September 12.
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Avery “Monk” Algood
Granger
Seats Available for Bertram High School Auditorium
Bertram Lions Club undertakes the fundraising to furnish the Bertram High School auditorium. Seats costing $6 each may be purchased through Granville Knox, the club secretary, and will bear the donor’s name. Ex students of the high school are being urged to support the project.
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Bexar Livestock Market Steady For Past Week
Bexar and Fort Worth region livestock reports show cattle and calves largely steady or mixed with notable price shifts for grass steers and cows, hogs and sheep. Regional markets in San Antonio, Fort Worth and Chicago reflect varied demand with occasional gains for hogs, lambs and goats and weaker cattle trading.
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Waitress Sought To Share In Fortune Inheritance
Redwood City case notes Bonnie Lee Nance Howard Collier Marcopulas, a former waitress who married Redwood City owner Antony Marcopulas on Aug 17 1948. He died December that year without a will. Attorney F W Hammond Jr seeks to locate her to award half of a $50 000 estate. She may be in Southern California or Texas.
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Marcopulas
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San Carlos
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Texas
Rudy Vallee to wed California graduate in Catholic ceremony
Rudy Vallee, 48, will marry Eleanor Kathleen Norris, 21, a University of California psychology graduate, in a Catholic wedding in Oakland. It would be Vallee's fourth marriage and officials said the church considers this his first Catholic marriage since he had not been previously married by a priest.
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Eleanor Kathleen Norris
University of California
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Miss Norris
Lockwood Sell Pines Hotel to Oakleys in Smithville
Smithville September 2. Mr and Mrs Guy A Lockwood have sold their interest in the Pines Hotel and Cafe after 18 years as managers. New managers and owners are Mr and Mrs Francis M Oakley who moved from Austin where they had lived for years. Oakley is a former Smithville man.
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Guy A. Lockwood
Pines Hotel and Cafe
Francis M. Oakley
Austin
Oakley
Stamp meters stamp out postage for tens of thousands firms
About 50 000 organizations now rely on stamp meters to furnish the required postage for their mail. The devices streamline sending and ensure accurate charges across business mail.
Merger of Barnsdall and Ogden Revealed
New York reports that Barnsdall Oil Company and Ogden Corporation plan a merger. Floyd B. Odlum and William Dewey Loucks announced the agreement. The merged entity will be named Barnsdall Oil Company with existing officers and directors.
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Ogden
William Dewey Loucks
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